The Trump administration said it is ready to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and asked U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis to dissolve her order blocking that from happening. In a motion filed Friday, the Department of Homeland Security said the order is the only impediment currently preventing the U.S. from carrying out Abrego …
Comic Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was a master of humor, slapstick and accents, whose 1950s series “Your Show of Shows” and “Caesar’s Hour” rewrote the rules of comedy in the new medium of television. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with David Margolick, author of the biography “When Caesar Was King,” and with comedian Robert Klein, about the …
If you had a television set in the 1950s, there’s a better-than-even chance that each week you were watching comic Sid Caesar. “I don’t think there’s anybody comparable now, and I don’t think there’s ever been anyone comparable,” said writer David Margolick, the author of “When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy.” …
The River Cafe in London has had a Michelin star since the late 1990s, thanks to co-founder, owner and acclaimed chef Ruthie Rogers. Seth Doane talks with the American-born Rogers about her fabled Italian restaurant, her new book, “Table 4 at the River Cafe,” and her podcast, all of which celebrate the connections brought about …
In this web exclusive, Emmy-winning actress Lisa Kudrow talks with Tracy Smith about “Friends,” and her HBO show “The Comeback.”
After 40 years in showbiz, Lisa Kudrow is making a “comeback.” Her HBO series, “The Comeback,” is the story of a faded sitcom star, Valerie Cherish, who signs on to a reality show about her attempts to stage a comeback. It’s equal parts funny and cringey, and so is the show’s back-story. Created by Emmy-winner …
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been a face of the Democratic Party’s resistance to the Trump administration – from a record-breaking filibuster critical of the president’s policies, to calls for accountability over U.S. involvement in the war with Iran. He also expresses his hopes for our nation in a new book, “Stand,” in which …
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker hasn’t been the mayor of Newark since 2013. But when he walks around his neighborhood, you’d never know it. One passer-by yelled out, “The best mayor ever!” “Thank you, brother! Thank you,” Booker replied. Another man came up and gave Booker a hug. Asked how he knew he could hug …
We leave you this first Sunday of spring surrounded by wildflowers and songbirds in Mason County, Texas. Videographer: Scot Miller.
St. Martin’s Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. “We are more than a government,” writes New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. “We are a nation, a people bound by shared bedrock virtues.” In his new book, “Stand” (to be published March 24 by St. Martin’s Press), Booker tells …